Tar_alcaran

joined 2 years ago
[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 hours ago

If it isn't the consequences of your own actions!

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Workplace safety is quickly turning from a factual and risk-based field into a vibes-based field, and that's a bad thing for 95% of real-world risks.

To elaborate a bit: the current trend in safety is "Safety Culture", meaning "Getting Betty to tell Alex that they should actually wear that helmet and not just carry it around". And at that level, that's a great thing. On-the-ground compliance is one of the hardest things to actually implement.

But that training is taking the place of actual, risk-based training. It's all well and good that you feel comfortable talking about safety, but if you don't know what you're talking about, you're not actually making things more safe. This is also a form of training that's completely useless at any level above the worksite. You can't make management-level choices based on feeling comfortable, you need to actually know some stuff.

I've run into numerous issues where people feel safe when they're not, and feel at risk when they're safe. Safety Culture is absolutely important, and feeling safe to talk about your problems is a good thing. But that should come AFTER being actually able to spot problems.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago

I do (workplace) safety, compliance and hazardous waste handling.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I'm a bit more pessimistic. I fear that that LLM-pushers calling their bullshit-generators "AI" is going to drag other applications with it. Because I'm pretty sure that when LLM's all collapse in a heap of unprofitable e-waste and takes most of the stockmarket with it, the funding and capital for the rest of AI is going to die right along with LLMs.

And there are lots of useful AI applications in every scientific field, data interpretation with AI is extremely useful, and I'm very afraid it's going to suffer from OpenAI's death.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 hours ago

you will never be able to eliminate your attack surface, and employees with good will can be your eyes and ears on the ground.

All the good will in the world won't make up for ignorance. Most people know basically next to nothing about IT security, and will just randomly click shit to make the annoying box go away and/or get to where they think they want to go. And if that involves installing a random virus they'll happily do it, and be annoyed that it requires their password.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 7 points 23 hours ago

Remember, if you fail, it's the fault of The Others.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

It's basically a super fuzzy subject that changes as you want, and in so far as its useful it's not new, and the parts that are new aren't useful. Also, the guy who coined the term is a nutcase.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

All hybrid seeds basically only work for one generation, because basic genetics.

Terminator Seedsare about 25 years old now, and aren't actually in use anywhere.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 33 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

The column is Ionic, but don't let that detract from the joke!

Doric is straight, Ionic has scrolls, Corinthian is with frills and leafs.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The links seemed like decently recent data so you wouldn't expect someone in my percentiles to be so strangely missized unless sizing was just flat wrong or targeted to certain body shapes in the last 10-ish years.

Ehhh sorta kinda. The charts used are intentionally outdated, since they're supposed to model healthy weight and are used for population scale statistics.

https://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/information-for-healthcare-professionals.htm check under "why haven't the growth charts been updated"

Currently, more than 30% of kids fall in the 95th percentile, for example. Which is statistically a stupid thing to say, but it allows for better tracking if you don't change your measuring tool.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

75th percentile in weight for the US

Seeing how 30% of the US is morbidly obese, I'm rather shocked you're were in a size L at all.

Or you're using an outdated chart.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 days ago

Fair. I guess you could read my reply as "they don't flee to Europe at all", but I intended it as "they don't flee to Europe all that often".

I guess I could have been more clear there, but in my defense, I did elaborate.

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